"Kubrick then suggested that his own name be used. Douglas and Lewis found Kubrick's eagerness to take credit for Trumbo's work revolting, and the next day, Douglas called the gate at Universal saying, ""I'd like to leave a pass for Dalton Trumbo."" Douglas writes, ""For the first time in ten years, [Trumbo] walked on to a studio lot. He said, 'Thanks, Kirk, for giving me back my name.' The filming was plagued by the conflicting visions of Kubrick and Trumbo. Kubrick complained that the character of Spartacus had no faults or quirks. Blacklisting effectively ended in 1960 when it lost"
"awarded an MBE in the 2001 New Years Honours. In March 2007, he was awarded the Honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the University of Chester in recognition of his contribution to television. William Roache William Patrick Roache MBE (born 25 April 1932) is an English actor. He has played Ken Barlow in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" since its first episode on 9 December 1960. He is listed in the ""Guinness World Records"" as the longest-serving male television star in a continuous role. Roache was born in Basford, Nottingham, the son of Hester Vera (née Waddicor) and Joseph"
"Bain was due to become a father with his girlfriend, with whom he has been in a relationship with since April 2017. His daughter was born on 2 December 2018. Alex Bain (actor) Alexander Bain (born 25 November 2001) is an English actor from Blackburn, England, he plays Simon Barlow in ""Coronation Street"" a role he has played since 2008. Bain was born in 2001 to Debra and Paul Bain. Bain attended Walton-le-Dale High School in Preston, Lancashire. Bain made his first television appearance in an advertisement for Rice Krispies. His first major role was starring in the BBC drama"
"(2005) and ""Non-Stop"" (2014). Roache was born in Manchester, England, the son of ""Coronation Street"" actor William Roache and actress Anna Cropper. Roache was educated at Bishop Luffa School in Chichester, West Sussex and at Rydal School in Colwyn Bay in north Wales. He studied Acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He married Rosalind Bennett in Malvern, Worcestershire, in 2002. The couple have no children. In 1975, Roache appeared in ""Coronation Street"" playing Peter Barlow, the son of his father's character Ken Barlow. Roache is also a past member of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Beginning in the"
"that Dalton Trumbo, one of the best known members of the Hollywood Ten, was the screenwriter of his forthcoming film ""Exodus"". Six-and-a-half months later, with ""Exodus"" still to debut, the ""New York Times"" announced that Universal Pictures would give Trumbo screen credit for his role as writer on ""Spartacus"", a decision star Kirk Douglas is now recognized as largely responsible for. On October 6, ""Spartacus"" premiered – the first movie to bear Trumbo's name since he had received story credit on ""Emergency Wedding"" in 1950. Since 1947, he had written or co-written approximately seventeen motion pictures without credit. ""Exodus"" followed"
"Stephen Hancock Philip Stephen Hancock (24 November 1925 – 1 November 2015) was a British television and stage actor. He was born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham and attended the Chorister School, Durham and the Darlington Grammar School before reading music at Durham University as a mature student. He served as a radio engineer in the Royal Air Force during World War II. He was best known for his role as Ernest Bishop in ""Coronation Street"". Introduced as wedding photographer Gordon Bishop in a 1967 episode dedicated to one of Elsie Tanner's marriages, he later re-emerged as the regular character"
"a performance of ""The Gladiator"", starring the popular American actor, Edwin Forrest, as Spartacus. She arranged to meet him and on June 23, 1837 they were married at a church in Covent Garden. Shortly thereafter, the Forrests moved to New York and lived there for the next twelve years. By many accounts, the Forrests lived as a happily married couple in New York from 1837-1849. Forrest became one of the prominent actors of his time, especially after his success in London, where previously American actors were not taken seriously. Forrest's acting work took him throughout the U.S., sometimes accompanied by"
"Ken Barlow Kenneth Barlow is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"", played by William Roache. Ken was created by Tony Warren as one of ""Coronation Street's"" original characters. He debuted in the soap's first episode on 9 December 1960. Having appeared continuously since, December 2010 marked Ken's 50th anniversary on-screen, making Roache the longest-serving actor in a televised soap opera. Roache was honoured at the 2010 Guinness World Records ceremony for the achievement, when he surpassed actor Don Hastings from the American soap opera ""As the World Turns"", who previously held this title. Roache stated"
"Alex Bain (actor) Alexander Bain (born 25 November 2001) is an English actor from Blackburn, England, he plays Simon Barlow in ""Coronation Street"" a role he has played since 2008. Bain was born in 2001 to Debra and Paul Bain. Bain attended Walton-le-Dale High School in Preston, Lancashire. Bain made his first television appearance in an advertisement for Rice Krispies. His first major role was starring in the BBC drama ""Sunshine"", before moving to the role of Simon Barlow in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", a role which he has played since 2008. In May 2018, it was reported that"
"Hancock has had roles in a number of British television series, including BBC's ""This Life"" the ITV1 cult drama Demons. He has also had film roles in ""24 Hour Party People"", ""Chasing Liberty"" (2004), ""Kingdom of Heaven"" (2005) and ""Defiance"" (2008), as well as in a number of theatre productions. However, his most famous role remains that of Emily Bishop's eco-warrior nephew, ""Spider"" Nugent, in the long-running British soap ""Coronation Street"". Hancock left the show as a regular actor in 2000, feeling that the character of Spider had run its course. Martin Hancock Martin Hancock (born 1973) is an English"
"from ""Coronation Street"" after selling stories about the show and cast members Barbara Knox (his on-screen wife Rita), Christopher Quinten (Brian Tilsley), Doris Speed (Annie Walker), Johnny Briggs (Mike Baldwin), William Roache (Ken Barlow), Anne Kirkbride (Deirdre Barlow) and Patricia Phoenix (Elsie Tanner) to the Sun newspaper journalist Dan Slater. Following his arrest for alleged indecent assaults in April 1983, Granada Television decided not to support him financially through his legal problems. Although he was cleared of the charge in July, he was sacked from ""Coronation Street"" by producer Bill Podmore on 26 August 1983 for breach of contract when"
"William Roache William Patrick Roache MBE (born 25 April 1932) is an English actor. He has played Ken Barlow in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"" since its first episode on 9 December 1960. He is listed in the ""Guinness World Records"" as the longest-serving male television star in a continuous role. Roache was born in Basford, Nottingham, the son of Hester Vera (née Waddicor) and Joseph William Vincent Roache. He grew up in nearby Ilkeston, Derbyshire, where he attended a Steiner school set up by his grandfather in the garden of the family home. His Freemason grandfather was interested in"
"of ""Coronation Street"". Edna outlived him by 17 years, dying in July 2001 at the age of 88. Jean Alexander, who played his on-screen wife Hilda in ""Coronation Street"", outlived him by 32 years, passing away in October 2016, three days after her 90th birthday. Bernard Youens Bernard Arthur Popley (28 December 1914 – 27 August 1984), better known by his stage name Bernard Youens, was an English character actor, best remembered for his portrayal of Stan Ogden in ""Coronation Street"" from 1964 until his death in 1984. Born in Hove, Sussex, as Bernard Arthur Popley, ""Bunny"" Youens (as he"
"""Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers"" (1977) and ""Arabian Adventure"" (1979). He was also active on television, with credits including: ""Out of the Unknown"", ""Adam Adamant Lives!"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serials ""The Tomb of the Cybermen"" and ""Terror of the Autons""), ""Doomwatch"", ""Up Pompeii!"", ""The Troubleshooters"", """" and ""I, Claudius"". One of seven brothers, Roy Stewart was born in Jamaica, and came to Britain in 1948 with aspirations of being a doctor. But either theatre or a television commercial changed that. Having suffered for some time from heart disease, Stewart died on 28 October 2008, aged 83. In a role, possibly"
"certificate by the ""Guinness World Records"" for being the person with the longest gap between television appearances in the same show, being for Coronation Street (from 1960–1968, returning in 2011-2014). Philip Lowrie Colin Philip Lowrie (born 20 June 1936) is an English television actor, best known for playing Dennis Tanner in the long-running ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"", from the programme's inception in 1960 until 1968, and again from 2011 until 2014. Lowrie is the son of Philip Lowrie, a foreman in a paper mill, and Bertha Lowrie (née Collins). Lowrie had a stammer so attended elocution lessons at Miss"
"Spartacus (film) Spartacus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, written by Dalton Trumbo, and based on the novel of the same title by Howard Fast. It is inspired by the life story of Spartacus, the leader of a slave revolt in antiquity, and the events of the Third Servile War, and stars Kirk Douglas in the title role, Laurence Olivier as Roman general and politician Marcus Licinius Crassus, Peter Ustinov, who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, as slave trader Lentulus Batiatus, John Gavin as Julius Caesar, Jean Simmons as Varinia, Charles"
"from his injuries in hospital. Ken Barlow is one of the twenty-two original ""Coronation Street"" characters devised by series creator Tony Warren. He made his debut in the soap's first episode, broadcast on 9 December 1960. While auditionees for the other twenty-one original roles were drawn from casting director Margaret Morris' contacts in the north of England, Warren spotted William Roache performing in the Granada Television play ""Marking Time"", and knew that he was the right actor to play Ken. Roache almost declined the invitation to audition: ""I wasn't interested. I had my flat in London, I was getting acting"
"complications relating to diabetes. Iain Rogerson Iain Rogerson (October 1960 – 13 October 2017) was a British actor best known for his portrayal of Harry Flagg in ""Coronation Street"". Alongside appearances in ""Emmerdale"", ""Doctors"", ""Casualty"", ""Heartbeat"", ""Peak Practice"", ""The Hello Girls"", ""As Time Goes By"", ""The Bill"", ""People Like Us"", ""Drop the Dead Donkey"" and ""Bloomin Marvellous"", plus numerous film appearances including """", ""To Kill A King"", ""Bedazzled"" and ""Up 'n' Under"", he did extensive theatre work including work with John Godber and Hull Truck Theatre. Rogerson was represented by CV Actor Management. Rogerson died on 13 October 2017 in"
"guest appearance in ""Mr Selfridge"". In 2016, he appeared in the Netflix series ""The Crown"". His film credits include roles in ""I Can't Get Started"" (1985), ""The Punisher"" (1989), ""The Delinquents"" (1989) opposite Kylie Minogue, ""Blue Ice"" (1992), ""Jefferson in Paris"" (1995), ""Spy Game"" (2001), ""The Final Curtain"" (2002) and ""Flyboys"" (2006). Boyce lives in London. Todd Boyce Todd Boyce (born July 1, 1961) is an Anglo-American actor known for playing amongst other roles the character Stephen Reid in the British television soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Todd was born in Columbus, Ohio, the son of a business manager. Raised in"
"birth adopted into the Servilii Vatiae. Batiatus was played by Peter Ustinov in Stanley Kubrick's 1960 film, ""Spartacus"", for which Ustinov won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Ian McNeice played Batiatus in the 2004 television adaptation ""Spartacus"". John Hannah played Batiatus (here given the first name Quintus) in the 2010 Starz television series """" and the 2011 """". Lentulus Batiatus Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Batiatus (or, possibly, Vatia) was the Roman owner of a gladiatorial school in Capua. It was from this school that, in 73 BC, the Thracian slave Spartacus and about 70 to 78 followers escaped. The"
"the age of 16, died from Septicaemia at Wrightington Hospital, Wigan on 26 September 1984 at the age of 52. Peter Adamson (actor) Peter George Adamson (16 February 1930 – 17 January 2002) was a British stage and television actor. He is best known for playing the character of Len Fairclough in the long-running television series ""Coronation Street"" from January 1961 to May 1983. Born in Allerton, Liverpool, Adamson was the youngest of six children. His father was a manager of a menswear shop. Adamson left school at the age of 14 and took an office job in a solicitor's"
"Stella Street Stella Street is a British television comedy programme, originally screened in four series on BBC Two between 1997 and 2001. It takes the form of a mockumentary filmed on a camcorder, based on the fantastical premise that a group of British and American celebrities have all decided to move into Stella Street in Surbiton (actually Hartswood Road, London, W12). The show (and subsequent film) was conceived and written by John Sessions, Phil Cornwell and Peter Richardson (who also directed). The main characters are played by Sessions, Cornwell and Ronni Ancona. The characters themselves are impressions of famous celebrities"
"Ben Thompson (actor) Ben Thompson (born 1 June 1992) is an English actor best known for his role as Ryan Connor in the British soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Brought up in Radcliffe, Greater Manchester, Thompson made his screen debut when he appeared in the 2002 film ""Re-Inventing Eddie"". Shortly before turning 13, he appeared in the 2004 CBBC children's comedy programme ""Stupid!"". Thompson rose to further prominence when he was cast as teenager Ryan Connor in ""Coronation Street"" in 2006. As part of the longstanding series, he has been involved in storylines that have dealt with varying topics, including family"
"of youthful rebellion. Though the rest of the original Barlow family were killed off before the end of the 1970s, Ken, who for 27 years was the only character from the first episode remaining, has remained the constant link throughout the entire series. In 2011, Dennis Tanner (Philip Lowrie), another character from the first episode, returned to ""Coronation Street"" after a 43-year absence. Since 1984, Ken Barlow has been the show's only remaining original character. Emily Bishop (Eileen Derbyshire) had appeared in the series since late-January 1961, when the show was just weeks old, and was the show's longest-serving female"
"Eccles fell in the canal, Maria giving birth to Liam's son and her subsequent relationship with Liam's killer Tony, Steve McDonald's (Simon Gregson) marriage to Becky Granger (Katherine Kelly) and Kevin Webster's (Michael Le Vell) affair with Molly Dobbs (Vicky Binns). On Christmas Day 2009, Sally Webster (Sally Dynevor) told husband Kevin that she had breast cancer, just as he was about to leave her for lover Molly. The show began broadcasting in high-definition in May 2010, and on 17 September that year, ""Coronation Street"" entered ""Guinness World Records"" as the world's longest-running television soap opera after the American soap"
"in a photo shoot, promoting body confidence for men, along with several other celebrities. Shayne Ward Shayne Thomas Ward (born 16 October 1984) is an English singer and actor. He is best known for his role as Aidan Connor in ""Coronation Street"" from 2015 to 2018. He rose to fame as the winner of the second series of ""The X Factor"". His debut single, ""That's My Goal"", was released in the United Kingdom on 21 December 2005 and reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and was that year's Christmas number one. It sold 313,000 copies on its first"
"and the BBC. One of Greater Manchester's most lucrative and acclaimed television exports is ""Coronation Street"", which is a televised soap opera set in Weatherfield, a fictional borough of Greater Manchester, inspired by life in Salford. Created by Tony Warren, ""Coronation Street"" was first broadcast on 9 December 1960, making it the world's longest-running TV soap opera in production. It has been filmed in Manchester at Granada Studios since its inception, but filming is now done at a new set at MediaCityUK. Launched in 2004 by the Guardian Media Group, Channel M is a television station that broadcast local news"
"Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas (born Issur Danielovitch Demsky, December 9, 1916) is an American actor, filmmaker, author and centenarian. He is one of the last surviving stars of the film industry's Golden Age. After an impoverished childhood with immigrant parents and six sisters, he had his film debut in ""The Strange Love of Martha Ivers"" (1946) with Barbara Stanwyck. Douglas soon developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1950s, known for serious dramas, including westerns and war movies. During his career, he appeared in more than 90 movies. Douglas is known for his explosive acting style. Douglas became an"
"cycling holiday and visited old uncle Albert. She returned as a bridesmaid at Ken's wedding to Deirdre. Previously appeared in the STV series The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie with Geraldine McEwan. Suzy Patterson Suzy Paterson is an actress best known for playing Susan Barlow in Coronation Street from 1979 to 1981. She was born in June 1961 and started acting lessons at the age of ten. Her first theatre appearance was as a Chinese girl in Aladdin with the Kirkintilloch Players.She then had several parts in BBC plays and appeared in a Max Boyce show. She has a daughter,"
"Connelly and Milo, son of Amanda Mealing In 2013 Condou set up the company ""Out With the Family"", which puts on events for LGBT families. In August 2014, Condou was one of 200 public figures who were signatories to a letter to ""The Guardian"" opposing Scottish independence in the run-up to September's referendum on that issue. Charlie Condou Charlie Condou, is an English actor and writer best known for playing midwife Marcus Dent in the ITV soap opera ""Coronation Street"". Condou was listed number 11 in the World Pride Power List 2013, number 15 in the World Pride Power list"
"house in Florida, USA. He is a keen golfer. Johnny Briggs (actor) John Ernest Briggs, (born 5 September 1935) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mike Baldwin in the soap opera ""Coronation Street"", in which he appeared from 1976 to 2006 and again in 2012 in the Text Santa special as a ghost. He received a lifetime achievement award at the 2006 British Soap Awards for his thirty years of contribution to the soap. A graduate of the Italia Conti Academy stage school, where he was a contemporary of Lorna Fendall and Anne Hart,"
"(September 1977 – July 1982); Carolyn Reynolds (1991–1993); and Sue Pritchard (1993–1996). From 2008 until Summer 2010 the soap was produced by Kim Crowther, who was replaced by Phil Collinson (producer of Doctor Who from 2005 to 2009). Collinson left the job in 2013, with Stuart Blackburn replacing him. Kate Oates was announced as Blackburn's successor in September 2015. Coronation Street Coronation Street (also known as Corrie) is a British soap opera created by Granada Television and shown on ITV since 9 December 1960. The programme centres on Coronation Street in Weatherfield, a fictional town based on inner-city Salford. In"
"Sexplorer"" (1975), ""Secrets of a Superstud"" (1976), ""The Medusa Touch"" (1978), ""Can I Come Too?"" (1979), ""Bear Island"" (1979), ""Don't Open till Christmas"" (1984), and the ""Star Wars"" saga film ""The Empire Strikes Back"" (1980). Mark Jones (actor) Mark Jones (22 April 1939 – 14 January 2010) was an English actor, who appeared frequently in various films and television series. Credits include: ""A Family at War"", ""Z-Cars"", ""Van der Valk"", ""Doctor Who"" (in the serial ""The Seeds of Doom""), ""The New Avengers"", ""The Onedin Line"", ""Target"", ""Secret Army"", ""Tales of the Unexpected"", ""Buccaneer"", ""Blott on the Landscape"", ""Casualty"", ""Call Me"